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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
3
Several short items list housing and work opportunities in Johnson City including requests for first-class table boarders at a convenient Walnut Street location, a country girl or woman for general housework, and various local notices mentioning travel and social events.
The new Methodist church will be dedicated January tenth by Bishop Karl Cranston of Washington. Services will start Sunday and continue nightly January twelfth through the week with different city pastors each evening. County Court notes show Kirkpatrick re-elected chair and Miller as vice chair, with Dr. Arnold as county physician and Sells named county attorney. bond propositions for roads were not submitted. A revival at Market Street Methodist draws large crowds, with Rev. J. B. Ward preaching. Mrs. F B St. John hosts a Saturday gathering at the WaterGap home with Misses Martha Allen Martin and Mary Cox as honorees. green and pink refreshments accompany a progressive card game.
Capt Dan Eliza, famed Carter County scout, died last Monday at his home near Elizabethton at age 70. Veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, he told many stories of daring deeds and served as Bob Taylor's bodyguard in 1878. He held a Washington post under a Democratic administration and authored a life adventures book now out of print. He was buried with military honors at the family graveyard.
Cold prevention and relief touted through digestive health and a laxative remedy. It claims colds start in the stomach and urges using Dr Caldwall's Syrup Popain with a hot bath and a full night's rest. Advises purchase at druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails.
Mrs. Edwin Tanner Hart hosts a Wednesday whist in honor of Mrs. W G McCain assisted by Mrs. Wm McCain and Mrs. J P Hart. Prizes included Japanese dessert plates for Miss Sarah Gilversleeve and a hat pin holder for Mrs. B T Millard. A large turnout enjoyed coffee and light refreshments.
A town resident, W B Coon, eyes an $11 million estate in central New York with an expected $40,000 share after a caveat compromise reported by a Philadelphia paper. In Tennessee, Miss Elizabeth D Abernathy of Pulaski, a former rural school writer turned poultry breeder, earns top prizes with Mammaoth Bronze Turkeys and Rhode Island Reds at Giles County fairs and local shows.
The breeder notes sister’s wins in cockerel and pullet classes and a first premium for a two year old Mammoth Bronze Tom. Her turkey pen is led by a son of Perfection, and Jacqueminot Reds are praised for color and vigor. She tracked eggs set last year with 13 chick hatch from 15 eggs and produced 500 chickens from 9 pullets, with a January to November cycle and a second generation Reds starting in September. See ad elsewhere.
Fragmentary timetable lists arrival and departure times for cities including Johnson City Knoxville Chattanooga Memphis and Cincinnati. Mentions double daily trains to Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago with connection notes and partial segments of lines to Lemagille Bt. Louis and Chicago.
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